US allies worldwide decry Trump's car tariffs and threaten retaliation

Governments from Tokyo to Berlin and Ottawa to Paris have voiced sharp criticism of Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on car imports, with several of the US's staunchest long-term allies threatening retaliatory action. Trump announced on Wednesday that he would impose a 25% tariff on cars and car parts shipped to the US from 3 April in a move experts have predicted is likely to depress production, drive up prices and fuel a global trade war. The US imported almost $475bn (£367bn) worth of cars last year, mostly from Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Canada and Germany. European carmakers alone sold more…